Yacht Lutine is the name given to all Lloyds of London Yacht Club's (LLYC) sailing yachts, often with sail number GBR809

First Yacht Lutine (C&N 60')

A Laurent-Giles

John Laurent Giles

John Laurent Giles was a famous yacht designer. He and his company designed more than 1000 boats from cruises, racing yachts to "megayachts". He is best known for his design of displacement sailing yachts like the famous 7.6 meter Vertue of which 230 boats made, or Wanderer III...

 designed Bermudan yawl

Yawl

A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mast located well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom, specifically aft of the rudder post. A yawl (from Dutch Jol) is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an...

, built by Camper and Nicholsons

Camper and Nicholsons

Camper and Nicholsons are the oldest leisure marine company in the world, producing and managing yachts for the world's richest people.As Camper and Nicholsons was founded at Gosport, Hampshire before organised seawater yachting had even started, John Nicholson of the founding family once overheard...

 in 1952, she is 60ft length over all with a 7.5' draft. Now renamed Lutine of Helford.

Second Yacht Lutine (Nic 55)

Ray Wall designed the Camper and Nicholsons

Camper and Nicholsons

Camper and Nicholsons are the oldest leisure marine company in the world, producing and managing yachts for the world's richest people.As Camper and Nicholsons was founded at Gosport, Hampshire before organised seawater yachting had even started, John Nicholson of the founding family once overheard...

 'Nic 55' which LLYC commissioned. Launched in 1970, she is a 53.8' bermudan sloop, with 8.3' draft and displacing 23 tons. Sold in 1999 and renamed Yacht Acclaim.


Acclaim was sold in August 2006 and taken to USA for an extensive rebuild and refit. Now renamed Eager with a 15ft higher mast, it is back in the UK, believed to be on the Solent.

Third Yacht Lutine (Swan)

A Germán Frers

German Frers

Germán Frers is a naval architect renowned for designing successful racing yachts. He designed his first yacht in 1958. There is a design team consisting of Germán Frers and his son, also named Germán Frers, supported by a team of engineers, architects and designers, some of whom have been with...

 designed Nautor's Swan

Nautor's Swan

Oy Nautor AB is a Finnish producer of luxury sailing yachts, based in Jakobstad. It is known for its Swan line of fiberglass yacht. The company was founded in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkylä...

, 53' Length Over All, 8' draft, 22,000lbs displacement sloop .